Project Hail Mary

[CptTrips]

Liked the book.
Hopefully the movie is good.  I thought The Martian was good so hoping...

[AKIron]

I liked the book too.

[Devil 505]

The novel is fantastic. I'm psyched for this film.

[CptTrips]

The novel is fantastic. I'm psyched for this film.

 

Fist my bump!

[AKIron]

So what's some other good sci-fi reading as of late?

[Devil 505]

So what's some other good sci-fi reading as of late?

I've been digging The Expanse. I know, I'm a bit late to the party.

[AKIron]

I've been digging The Expanse. I know, I'm a bit late to the party.

Read the first book years ago. And watched the series. Maybe I should read more of the books in the series.

[Brooke]

I'm listening to the audio book with wife and daughters.  We love it.  We are about half way through, I think.

We'll make sure to see the movie.  We really liked The Martian as well.

I'm a little disappointed they didn't cast Bobcat Goldthwait in the lead, but Ryan Gosling will be pretty good.

[CptTrips]

I'm listening to the audio book with wife and daughters.  We love it.  We are about half way through, I think.

We'll make sure to see the movie.  We really liked The Martian as well.

I'm a little disappointed they didn't cast Bobcat Goldthwait in the lead, but Ryan Gosling will be pretty good.

I listened to it on Audible too.  AS I'm sure you know, the story is uniquely suited for audio.

Bobcat Goldthwait?  Am I not remembering something from the book?  I didn't even know he was still alive.

To be honest I just imagined Matt Damon again.  Weir writes fun stories but to be honest his main characters seem to be one-notes.  The main characters seemed to have the same personality even if they have different backgrounds.  I don't mind.  It makes for a fun story.

Gosling will be an adequate stand-in.  I like most of his stuff.  Well, maybe not The Notebook.

You know Rendezvous with Rama is in production.  That was one of my top 3-4 favorite books.

[AKIron]

Though I enjoyed it I was glad to be done reading PHM. One escalating crisis after another. Even more than The Martian. Wears ya out.

[CptTrips]

Though I enjoyed it I was glad to be done reading PHM. One escalating crisis after another. Even more than The Martian. Wears ya out.

Hey dude, saving the galaxy is hard work!

I was think this character is a biologist.  The Martian was a biologist.  They have the same persona.

He should have had Mark Watney retire from NASA to go teach biology and write a paper and end up getting picked for PHM!  The continued space adventures of a snarky biologist!

He'd be the new wise-cracking Gilgamesh in space! 


[Edit]  Well he was a Botanist anyway which is a sub-discipline of Biology.

[CptTrips]

I have to admit the plot twist at the end was a nice touch.  I wasn't expecting that.

[AKKuya]

Hail Mary should've been the title of the George Clooney/ Sandra Bullock film Gravity.  That was the best series of Hail Marys used for a film.

I never read the book but look forward to the film next year.

[CptTrips]

Hail Mary should've been the title of the George Clooney/ Sandra Bullock film Gravity.  That was the best series of Hail Marys used for a film.

I never read the book but look forward to the film next year.

Yeah.  Everyone raved on that movie.  It was OK.